Silent Movie / High Anxiety

SILENT MOVIE, 1976, 20th Century Fox, 87 min. A non-stop barrage of ingenious sight gags and inspired goofiness. Director Mel Brooks plays a washed-up film director who sees a new silent film production as the way to save both his career and Hollywood, and he enlists the aid of pals Dom DeLuise and Marty Feldman. Brooks' comic gifts at their peak.

HIGH ANXIETY, 1977, 20th Century Fox, 105 min. Director Mel Brooks spoofs Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND, but there are other references as well, including NORTH BY NORTHWEST, VERTIGO, THE BIRDS, PSYCHO and more. Brooks is the newly-arrived administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute, suddenly beset by all manner of madmen and mayhem. Co-starring Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman.